Portable soap holder



June 26, 192s. 1- 1,675,022

V v. F. cREEGAN PORTABLE SOAP HOLDER Filed June 2'1. 192s MNNIE F'.' CREEGAN Patented June 26, 192.8.

tezaoizz VINNIE EGRE'EGAN, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

PORTABLE soar HOLDER.

vApplication ined June 21,

My inventionV relates to *and` hasfor its l,purposetheprovision ofan extremely simg. device .by

' lheld in converging relation as shown in Fig- .ure Il. These jaws tl yare constructed topro-` ple, inexpensive and durable which a cake of soap can `be securely heldin the hand Vand the necessary manipulation as in washing greatly facilitated, all without tual `contact wththei soap.

It isl also a purpose of my invention` to provide a soap-holder which is adjustable to receive and securely clamp soap cakes of vavrions sizes in such'manner that the possibility of the soap dropping from the holder is positively prevented, both during manipulation of the soap and when the soap is not in use. theholder providing means by which the soap can be suspended on a wall bracket to quickly drain and dry.

Iv will describe only one form of soap holder embodying my invention, and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims.

In the drawings- Figure l is a view showing in bottom plan f one form of soap holder embodying my invention;

j Figure Q is a view showing the soap holder in side elevation. and with a cake of soap in applied position thereto;

Figure 3 is a view showing the soap holder in top plan;

, Figures 4c and 5 are transverse sectional views taken on the line 6--6 of Figure 2. showing respectively the normal position of the jaws and the position of the jaws when gripping a calze of soap.

Referring specifically to the drawings, in which similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the views, my invention in its present embodiment comprises a handle H constructed from a single length of relatively heavy wire which is bent upon itself substantially in the form of a U` with its free ends iattened, as indicated. at l5. and riveted or otherwise secured to the upper side of a resilient member R. This member R is in the form of a leaf spring.y

and consists of a single sheet of resilient metal to the central portion of which 'is secured the ends l5 of the handle l-Iin such manner as to allow of a limited flexing of the member in moving a. pair of jaws J to contracted or expanded position.

The jaws J are in the form of stamped sheets of suitable metal riveted or otherwise secured to the marginal edges 16 of the resilv1926. semaine. 117.458A

,ient member R, thev latterbeingbent atan angle so that in the secured uposition with respect to thejaws the latterare lnormally videatvtheir side edges ribs'17 Vwhich functhe/.necessity .of bringing the hand ipntoaev'tion toreinforce the jaws ,as well .as ornament thev same. These ribs are extendedv to :merge into. ajckircular rib 18,0n the earV eX-` Vtension. 19 .of thejaws. The twogears of the two jaws are adapted to be gripped in mov` i ing the jaws to expanded position, the annular ribs 18 forming sockets in the ears in which the lingers lit. Y

The longitudinal edges ofthe jawsJ and J are flanged and corrugated to provide inwardly extending teeth 20 adapted to penetrate a cake of soap and to thus iirmly hold the cake between the jaws. To inserta cake of soap into the holder the ears 19 are gripped and forced toward each other,l

thereby iiexing the member R sufficiently to move the jaws to an expanded position in which the two sets of teeth 20 are sufficiently spacedV to allow the insertion of a cake of soap therebetween. Once kthe cake is inserted the jaws may be released, and under the action of the resilient member they are contracted to vcause the teeth 2() to penetrate the cake of soap sufficiently to firmly grip and thus hold the cake between the jaws. The back edge of the cake, as shown in Figure 5, has contact with the inner side of the resilient member R, so that thelatter serves to prevent any movement of the cake .between the j aws.`

With the cake in applied position tothe holder, as shown in Figure 2, it will. be manifest that by gripping the handle H one may manipulate the soap cake in any manner desired to apply soap to any articles to be washed or the manipulation of the soap in water for producing soap suds. In themanipulation of the soap holder the hand does not come in contact with the soap, and when the soap is not in use it can, through the medium of the holder. be suspended on the wall. in a manner to hold the vsoap out of contact with the wall and to permit free drainage of water therefrom and thus cause the rapid drying of the soap.y As the soap is consumed it can be moved in new positions within the holder by manipulation of the justable to receive and rip soap cakes of various siezs and to fixed?7 position the soap cake in the holder so that its manipulation will be facilitated.

Although I have only shown and described one form of portable soap holder embodying my invention, it is to be urfderstood that various changes and modifications may be made therein Without departing from the spirit of the invention, and the scope and spirit of the appended claims.

1 claim:

1. A soap holder comprisin a handle constructed of a single length o material bent upon itself in the form of a U and having flat free ends, a leaf spring bowed and secured to the free ends of the handle, and a pair of jaws secured to those ed es of the spring parallel with respect to t e handle,

spring, and jaws'secured to the'marginal .edge portions ofthe spring so as to extend to opposite sides of the latter, lone end of an angle with respect to the body of the 4 each jaw being inturned and serrated to pro- A vide teeth, and theother ends of the jaws being constructed to form; countersunk ears adapted to be grippedl in manipulating the jaws.

VINN IE CREEGAN. 

